Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are getting a bit rough and tumble in their primary race, but it is nothing compared to the lunacy surrounding the Donald Trump campaign which ranges from an incoherent Sarah Palin - what else is new? - to rants by GOP strategists who are venting over the elements of the insane GOP base that are supporting Donald Trump. I find Trump's embrace of Sarah Palin's endorsement particularly interesting because it was John McCain's nomination of of Palin as his VP pick that drove my late mother to say "I'm done" to the GOP back in 2008. Meanwhile, I find GOP strategist Rick Wilson's comments on Trump supporters to be both hysterical and likely 100% on point. And then there is Ran Paul's equating of Donald Trump with Gollum. First, some of the commentary on Trump is receiving via the New York Daily News for his embrace of Palin:

Just when you thought it was safe to take politics seriously again,
gaffe-prone Sarah Palin stepped back on the presidential stage Tuesday
to endorse her spotlight-loving, soulmate — Donald Trump.

Palin, the former Alaska governor turned vice presidential candidate
turned political pundit, stood side by side with the billionaire
business mogul turned casino owner turned Republican presidential
front-runner to tell an Ames, Iowa, crowd how Trump will save America.

“I am here because, like you, I know it is now or never,” Palin told the cheering crowd.

Just when you thought it was safe to take politics seriously again,
gaffe-prone Sarah Palin stepped back on the presidential stage Tuesday
to endorse her spotlight-loving, soulmate — Donald Trump.

Palin, the former Alaska governor turned vice presidential candidate
turned political pundit, stood side by side with the billionaire
business mogul turned casino owner turned Republican presidential
front-runner to tell an Ames, Iowa, crowd how Trump will save America.

“I am here because, like you, I know it is now or never,” Palin told the cheering crowd.

The match made in reality show heaven was a setback for Trump’s GOP
opponents, especially Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who had closed the gap with
Trump in recent weeks in Iowa.

The comments of GOP strategist Rick Wilson about Trump's white male supporters almost made me burst out laughing. Crooks and Liars has the details. Here are excerpts:

While explaining that he believes that Donald Trump's success in the
Republican party does not mean that establishment conservatism is dying,
GOP strategist Rick Wilson dismissed the "childless single men" who
support Trump's presidential bid.

"The fact of the matter is, most of them are childless single men who
masturbate to anime. They’re not real political players. These are not
people who matter in the overall course of humanity," Wilson said of
Trump supporters on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes."

Then, lastly there is Rand Paul's equating of Trump with Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Here are excerpts from Politico:

Sen. Rand Paul has a new attack line against Donald Trump: The tycoon is Gollum from J.R. R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.”

In a Facebook post, Paul writes, “One candidate on this national
stage wants you to give him power. He tells you he is rich, so he must
be smart. If you give him power he claims he will fix America, but there
is another tradition in America. A tradition that believes that power
corrupts, and that our goal should be not to gain power but to contain
power or limit Presidential power.”

Electing Gollum should not be our objective,” Paul continues. “This
race should be about which candidate will best protect you from an
overbearing government. I am the only one on this national stage who
really doesn’t want power or dominion over you. I want to set you free, I
want to leave you alone, and I want a government so small you can
barely see it.”

A picture of the real estate mogul is at the top with the text, “Electing Gollum should not be our objective.”

As I said when Trump first entered the race, get out plenty of popcorn!!

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